ft-date-format
ft-date-format provides javascript utilities for formatting and updating dates in FT style.
Usage
JavaScript
ft-date-format#format(date, tpl)
Returns a date formatted as a string
-
date
: A javascriptDate
object or a valid string to pass to theDate
constructor -
tpl
: A string specifying what format to output the date in:-
'datetime'
: formats the date in the standard FT long format, including the time. E.g.May 15, 2014 8:10 am
-
'date'
: formats the date in the standard FT long format. E.g.May 15, 2014
- Any other string using widespread conventions for time/date placeholders, which will be replaced with values extracted from the date provided. See
./main.js
for an up to date list of supported formats. To avoid e.g. themm
incommon
being replaced with the month prefix with a double backslashco\\mmon
i.e. In most cases custom date formats should not be used, in favour of the standard FT date and datetime formats
-
ft-date-format#timeAgo(date)
Returns the relative time since the given date, formatted as a human readable string e.g. 13 minutes ago
.
ft-date-format#ftTime(date)
Returns relative time or timestamp for a given date, in accordance with FT date formatting conventions.
-
date
: A javascriptDate
object or a valid string to pass to theDate
constructor
ft-date-format#asTodayOrYesterdayOrNothing(date)
Returns 'yesterday'
, 'today'
or ''
for a given date. You can request this formatting for ft-date-format
components by adding data-ft-date-format-format="today-or-yesterday-or-nothing"
.
-
date
: A javascriptDate
object or a valid string to pass to theDate
constructor
Migration Guide
State | Major Version | Last Minor Release | Migration guide |
---|---|---|---|
2 | N/A | migrate to v2 | |
1 | 1.0.5 | - |
Contact
If you have any questions, comments, or need help using ft-date-format, please either raise an issue, visit #ft-origami or email Origami Support.
Licence
This software is published by the Financial Times under the MIT licence.